Nonito Donaire

Nonito Donaire ( born November 16, 1982 in Talibon, Bohol ) is a Filipino professional boxer, former IBF world flyweight champion and current WBC and WBO bantamweight champion.

On April 19, 2009 Donaire fought against at this time undefeated U.S. American challenger Raul Martinez. Already in the first round succeeded Donaire his opponent to send twice to the ground. In the fourth round the fight was finally stopped by the referee and Donaire defended his title with a technical knockout. Then Donaire resigned his title to move up a weight class.

On 15 August 2009, he was fighting for the interim title of WBA Super Flyweight against Rafael Concepcion. Donaire won this fight by a unanimous point decision.

On December 4, 2010, he defeated the Ukrainian Volodymyr Sydorenko by TKO in round 4 His biggest fight Donaire denied on February 19, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. His opponent was in the bantamweight class very well known and beating strong Mexican Fernando Montiel. Many experts saw the two opponents equally strong, it was, after all, for supremacy in the bantamweight. Come it is different, in the second round Donaire took deliberately a straight line from Montiel to counter itself with a thunderous left vibrator. It had its effect not Montiel had heavily to the ground and was able to turn himself around with last-ditch effort. The fight was again released, but Montiel was so struck that he was taken out of the fight at the first blow Donaires. This triumph is Donaire won the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles.

He is just like his brother Glenn Donaire trained by his father Nonito Sr.. In 2008, the Philippine Sportswriters Association ( PSA) Donaire chose along with the swimmer Miguel Molina Sportsman of the Year.